Hemp is always a fun topic to look at because it really makes you ask the obvious question: “Why are we n ...

Hemp is always a fun topic to look at because it really makes you ask the obvious question: “Why are we not using this stuff for pretty much EVERYTHING that we do?” Well, the answer to that is quite s ...

Three years ago, if someone had mentioned that they purchasing some worms, I would have grabbed my pole a ...

Three years ago, if someone had mentioned that they purchasing some worms, I would have grabbed my pole and said “let’s go fishing”. Later, as I became interested in organic gardening, I started read ...

Mulching your gardens during the warmest summer months will do wonders for growing plants and will encour ...

Mulching your gardens during the warmest summer months will do wonders for growing plants and will encourage a healthier soil environment for your plants to grow. Over time, this creates a biodiverse ...

By: Nika Knight, Common Dreams | 'Today's wave of agribusiness and food company mega-mergers is surrendering our food system to a corporate cabal'. Public interest groups urged the U.S. Department of ...

Glyphosate, the most well-known ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, has recently been the focus of an in ...

Glyphosate, the most well-known ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, has recently been the focus of an intense debate over whether or not it is dangerous, even carcinogenic, to those exposed to it thr ...

You probably don’t eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken. And you may not recognize the Sanderson Farms brand of ...

You probably don’t eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken. And you may not recognize the Sanderson Farms brand of chicken, unless you live in certain regions of the country, especially the Northeast and Southe ...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) on GE crops and tec ...

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) on GE crops and technology was met with cheers from the biotech industry, but little meaningful scrutiny by the ma ...

If you’re one of the two million people who suffered from an antibiotic-resistant infection in the past 1 ...

If you’re one of the two million people who suffered from an antibiotic-resistant infection in the past 12 months, Joe Sanderson, CEO of one of the four largest chicken factory farms in the U.S.—Sande ...

(Organic Consumers Association) The two multinationals that teamed up during the Vietnam War to poison mi ...

(Organic Consumers Association) The two multinationals that teamed up during the Vietnam War to poison millions of people with its Agent Orange herbicide—St. Louis, Mo.-based Monsanto and Germany’s Ba ...

Chickens can withstand a lot weather extremes, but heat is not one of them. Did you know that a sudden in ...

Chickens can withstand a lot weather extremes, but heat is not one of them. Did you know that a sudden increase in temperature is more dangerous for chicken’s than a gradual temperature climb? Chicken ...

Food freedom – now that’s a loaded statement. Is there such a thing? How many of you go to the store ever ...

Food freedom – now that’s a loaded statement. Is there such a thing? How many of you go to the store every week to get produce and meat? I would venture to guess almost all of us. Over the last severa ...

Tomatoes are summer’s gift to the gardener. I simply cannot grow enough tomatoes in one season, so I’ve s ...

Tomatoes are summer’s gift to the gardener. I simply cannot grow enough tomatoes in one season, so I’ve started growing enough for second, and sometimes third crops. The secret to growing an endless c ...

If you’re a parent—even if you don’t live in a rural area—you’ll want to read this report from Pesticide ...

If you’re a parent—even if you don’t live in a rural area—you’ll want to read this report from Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). According to the report, each year, more than 680 million ...

This week, we had a few additions join our happy little ranch by mail order. This was the first time that ...

This week, we had a few additions join our happy little ranch by mail order. This was the first time that I ordered poultry online, and decided to give it a go. Each year, I like to try raising a diff ...

The next time you think about relaxing with a glass of wine, you may want to pay close attention to where ...

The next time you think about relaxing with a glass of wine, you may want to pay close attention to where that wine came from. Moms Across America teamed up with Microbe Inotech Labs in St. Louis, Mo. ...

"Food is the problem AND the solution." Ocean Robbins introduces a speaker at the 2016 Food Revolution Su ...

"Food is the problem AND the solution." Ocean Robbins introduces a speaker at the 2016 Food Revolution Summit, Ron Finley, the Gangsta Gardener from South Central Los Angeles. Watch Ron Finley as he p ...